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- Release Date: 1995
- Runtime: 90 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Maureen Stapleton, Lionel Stander, Olivia d'Abo ... see all
- Director: Bob Balaban
- Plot: A reclusive aging widower struggling with tax problems has a complete change in his views of life as he has a chance encounter with a young woman who moves in... Read more
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| Apr 28, 1995San Francisco Chronicle
Charlotte is looking for her key, an item of high value to her abusive boyfriend (Adrian Pasdar), who seems to be in some shady business, presumably drugs.
His only friend (Lionel Stander) is 85, in a home and not in the best shape.
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Washington Post
Bob Balaban's gentle drama "The Last Good Time" is tasteful, muted and suffused with a spirit of Old World weariness.
That the story works out rather predictably does not come as much of a surprise.
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The New York Times
Director Bob Balaban uses his acting background to draw strong performances from his cast, particularly Mueller-Stahl , whose sensitive portrayal of Kopple proves the film's greatest asset.
This routine is disrupted, however, when he witnesses a violent fight between his neighbor, Eddie ( Adrian Pasdar ), and his girlfriend Charlotte ( Olivia d'Abo ).
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`Last Good Time' A Waste of Time
sfgate.com –
1995-04-28
Mueller-Stahl and Olivia D'Abo.Directed by Bob Balaban.(Unrated.89 minutes.At the Opera Plaza.) Intended as a romantic, wistful look at love across the decades, the film instead works only as a rueful meditation on what an old guy... ... Full Article
"THE LAST Good Time" concerns a couple of eventful weeks in the life of a sad, dignified, old gentleman.There's nothing fusty about the movie, though. ... Full Article
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